Bullying has been an absolute virus, steadily grown throughout our nation’s schools within the last decade. Whether it be over the way a kid looks, the type of music he listens to, or hell, just because he exists, the fact is that it’s grown to astronomical proportions, and it’s only a matter of time before those kids strike back. When that does happen, we end up with tragedies such as the ones we’ve had to shockingly endure, like Columbine. The pain, rage and embarrassment of being a bullied teenager has very rarely been addressed in cinema, and when it has, even That was neutered (the “pg-13″ cuts of the documentary Bully) . With all of that said, it was only a matter of time before a film, genre or not, would be made, one that takes a brutally honest look at the idea of being bullied, fighting back,
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How many Mark Wahlbergs are there?
I ask because I like the guy who showed up in this week's "Ted 2." I like goofball Mark Wahlberg. I like belligerent Boston Mark Wahlberg. I like dancing silly Mark Wahlberg. I like dim bulb but well-meaning Mark Wahlberg.
I do not, however, care for "I'm smarter than I look" Mark Wahlberg. I do not like humorless Mark Wahlberg. I do not particularly care for serious action mode Mark Wahlberg. And when I look at the ones I don't like side-by-side with the ones I like, I find it hard to reconcile that this is all one person.
So again… I ask… how many Mark Wahlbergs are there?
When Paul Thomas Anderson's "Boogie Nights" was released, it was a breakthrough for the young actor, part of a banner year in his nascent acting career. He had made a few films before that, including
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But unlike other misfires from Shyamalan, this wasn't based on his own original idea. It was the first of a planned trilogy based on the beloved Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which was hugely acclaimed for its visual sense, engrossing storytelling and lively, vibrant characters. What went wrong? It's almost harder to try and figure out what, if anything, went right.

I am willing to give M. Night Shyamalan a little leeway for films after The Village. The Lady In The Water was not great but it also wasn't awful. It becomes more difficult with movies like The Happening, but there is absolutely no excuse for The Last Airbender. Having seen a screening with studio executives present, I could easily tell they were freaking out at the piss poor reaction we were giving the...
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As even a cursory glance at the TV Tropes page will tell you, the idea of a seemingly normal town with a dark secret is one of popular culture’s most frequently explored ideas. The dichotomy of an idyllic life with lurking horrors underneath it has been deployed by everyone from H.P. Lovecraft to Stephen King to David Lynch to David E. Kelley, yielding a spectrum of results and interpretations. There’s been so many of them, in fact, that it’s dulled the impact of the genre because the audience is expecting something strange to happen before too long. For a new entry to stand out, it needs to have either an incredibly distinctive voice or a twist on the structure that transcends its stock setting.
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The louder a fictional small town shouts about being heaven on Earth, the higher the probability that it is in fact, an axis of evil. As a rule, if the town sign features a beaming family and a cheery slogan, you’ll be lucky to make it to sundown without being kidnapped, cannibalised or having your severed spine used as a xylophone in the local middle school’s ossuary orchestra.

(It’s all a matter of irony. Small towns with dark secrets love irony in a town slogan. It gives them a pleasant break from all that ritualised murder and alien probing.)

CEO of Devilworks Matteo Rolleri, who negotiated the deal with Dallas Sonnier on behalf of Caliber Media, said: “We’re ecstatic to be on board the international sales for Some Kind of Hate; it’s a new kind of slasher, which stands alone from the rest, with an integral yet tragic core. I think audiences
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Fresh out of making one hell of a splash at this week’s Stanley Film Festival, the Adam Egypt Mortimer-helmed horror flick Some Kind Of Hate, has now been acquired by Image Entertainment/Rlj, joining Joe Dante’s Burying The Ex and another film that I’m anxious to check out, Dark Was The Night. Image has done a great job picking up some interesting and entertaining genre films lately, and the fact that they jumped at the chance to pick up Some Kind Of Hate just shows that they’re committed to bringing horror fans interesting and thought-provoking films. Adding to the excitement, Mortimer is confidently becoming a jack of all trades, with previously not only directing music videos for bands like Against Me!, but producing the upcoming horror anthology Holidays, as well as putting out one of the most entertaining comics of recent time, Ballistic.

It might be way too soon to say this but we're feeling optimistic so what the hell: welcome back, M. Night Shyamalan!
The trailer for his latest film, The Visit, was posted online late last week, and not only is Shyamalan returning to his horror film roots, but it looks like he's doing it with a good movie. Finally!
Admit it; his film track record as of late has been less than stellar. And that's putting it nicely. These are the last four films he's made:
After Earth (bomb)
Devil (meh)
The Last Airbender (bigger bomb)
The Happening (even star Mark Wahlberg hated it)
Basically, instead of being known for his creepy, unique film twists like he used to
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Small, isolated towns that seem perfectly wonderful always have to end up harbouring dark, violent and potential twisted secrets. It’s a rule. It’s a thing. It’s a wonder anyone ever goes near them. But sometimes you just have to, or there’d be no drama. The teaser for M. Night Shyamalan and Chad Hodge’s new mystery series Wayward Pines is online. Hodge did the grunt work of crafting this one, adapting Blake Crouch’s novel Pines, but it’s Shyamalan’s name the PR material naturally wants to forefront. Yes, even after The Happening. And After Earth...The plot finds a Secret Service agent named Ethan Burke (Matt Dillon) crashing in the titular town while on the hunt for two missing colleagues. What he finds is a place that appears to be friendly and welcoming, but quickly reveals itself as gripped by terror and paranoia fuelled
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"As much as I'm philosophically against just spitting out sequels because something is successful, I do firmly believe that M. Night Shyamalan's film Unbreakable not only deserves a sequel, it deserves a trilogy."

The actor then broke down his elaborate and detailed plan for two more sequels for Unbreakable.

"So, there are other Unbreakables in the world, and the second movie should be Bruce Willis embracing his hero status,
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